diff --git a/deps/wxWidgets/wxWidgets.cmake b/deps/wxWidgets/wxWidgets.cmake
index 50cf991a6..f84f9a070 100644
--- a/deps/wxWidgets/wxWidgets.cmake
+++ b/deps/wxWidgets/wxWidgets.cmake
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
-set(_wx_git_tag v3.1.5)
+set(_wx_version 3.1.5)
+set(_wx_git_tag v${_wx_version})
 
 set(_wx_toolkit "")
-    set(_wx_private_font "-DwxUSE_PRIVATE_FONTS=1")
-    if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux")
+set(_wx_private_font "-DwxUSE_PRIVATE_FONTS=1")
+
+if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux")
     set(_gtk_ver 2)
+
     if (DEP_WX_GTK3)
         set(_gtk_ver 3)
     endif ()
+
     set(_wx_toolkit "-DwxBUILD_TOOLKIT=gtk${_gtk_ver}")
 endif()
 
@@ -16,20 +20,35 @@ else ()
     set(_wx_edge "-DwxUSE_WEBVIEW_EDGE=OFF")
 endif ()
 
+set(_wx_orcaslicer_patch "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/0001-wx-3.1.5-patch-for-Orca.patch")
 if (MSVC)
-    set(_patch_cmd if not exist WXWIDGETS_PATCHED ( "${GIT_EXECUTABLE}" apply --verbose --ignore-space-change --whitespace=fix ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/0001-wx-3.1.5-patch-for-Orca.patch && type nul > WXWIDGETS_PATCHED ) )
+    set(_patch_cmd if not exist WXWIDGETS_PATCHED ( "${GIT_EXECUTABLE}" apply --verbose --ignore-space-change --whitespace=fix ${_wx_orcaslicer_patch} && type nul > WXWIDGETS_PATCHED ) )
 else ()
-    set(_patch_cmd test -f WXWIDGETS_PATCHED || ${PATCH_CMD} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/0001-wx-3.1.5-patch-for-Orca.patch && touch WXWIDGETS_PATCHED)
+    set(_patch_cmd test -f WXWIDGETS_PATCHED || ${PATCH_CMD} ${_wx_orcaslicer_patch} && touch WXWIDGETS_PATCHED)
 endif ()
 
 if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux")
-    set(_patch_cmd ${PATCH_CMD} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/0001-wx-3.1.5-patch-for-Orca.patch)
+    set(_patch_cmd ${PATCH_CMD} ${_wx_orcaslicer_patch})
 endif ()
 
+# Note: for anybody wanting to switch to tarball fetching - this won't just work as
+# git apply expects a git repo. Either git init empty repo, or change patching method.
+# if (WIN32)
+#     # Windows requires a different tarball because of configured line endings as stated in docs.
+#     set(_wx_tarball_url https://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets/releases/download/${_wx_git_tag}/wxWidgets-${_wx_version}.7z)
+#     set(_wx_tarball_hash 99f5382312e4a4aea444ada07341a72c5d4a69b58d8e76586d4b94ede7f5ef4d)
+# else()
+#     set(_wx_tarball_url https://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets/releases/download/${_wx_git_tag}/wxWidgets-${_wx_version}.tar.bz2)
+#     set(_wx_tarball_hash d7b3666de33aa5c10ea41bb9405c40326e1aeb74ee725bb88f90f1d50270a224)
+# endif()
+
 orcaslicer_add_cmake_project(
     wxWidgets
     GIT_REPOSITORY "https://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets"
     GIT_TAG ${_wx_git_tag}
+    GIT_SHALLOW ON
+    # URL ${_wx_tarball_url}
+    # URL_HASH SHA256=${_wx_tarball_hash}
     PATCH_COMMAND ${_patch_cmd}
     DEPENDS ${PNG_PKG} ${ZLIB_PKG} ${EXPAT_PKG} dep_TIFF dep_JPEG
     CMAKE_ARGS